GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 594, 24 August 1909, Page 5

GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

(By TGleernDli.-Pr««»,'A'> oo,,,l l , " , " r 0 0 M rl *^^ 1 ALL-RED CABLE SERVICE. /' (Rec. 23, 9,5 p.m.), i ' ' London, August 23. ■ffben.Sir Joseph .reaches Ottawa, the' Canadian-Government will, discu&s .with him tho proposed All-Bntisli oable soivico. ' OBITUARY London, August 23. Obituary! Dr. Dawson Burns, temperance [Dr.-Dawson .Burns .Tras-iwell known throughout the-Engiish'-speakiilg,world,ns.a temperance, Reformer,vwhoideToted <nm .time •and'.pare'it?--tho .preparation.. of statistics regarding .. th? I gqtisunippian; ,P? ■■'iilcph'oUo,:iOT.oj;-.i number 'of ijears the 'late.Mr.. William^lloylo 'contributed''-to the -London "Tunes" an annual lettereet ting .■'forth: the'.-national;' theprebwU ipg 7edri 'BinbeJiis deith in'lßßs these, annual letters .have -been pontinued..by..Dr.' Pawjou Bains.], •'alpine death roll. London, August 22. Twenty Alpine fatalities have occurred durr ing the season. ; ••• • ■ -, GENERAL BOOTH OPERATED ON. London, August 22. • At 80 years of age General Booth has undergone a:successful-operation to his eye (which' was affected with cataract). .. : I 'LAWN-TENNIS/,; ENGLISH TEAM FOR j " DAVIS CUl 1 TIE- ' London, August 22. J. C. Parke, C. P. Dixon, and \V. C. Crawley, will represents England in tho preliminary tie for the Davis Cup, to bo.played in Philadelphia betweep Scptembor 10 nnd 13. QPENED A SLUICE AND DROWNED 1 Berlin, August 22. ■ At a girls' school excursion, below the wejr. at; Offonb'ach-am-Maln, in Germany, . some schoolboys mischievously opened t-liij slujeo, with tho result that .six girls were drowned.' INDIA'S-FAREWELL TO KITCHENER; Calcutta, August 22. The Earl "of Miijto,; Viceroy of India, dttondod an. onthusi a stic farewell ban quot to Lord Kitchener at Simla', on' his rohhquishing the command of tho Indian Army.

TYPOGRAPHICAL STRIKE LIKELY. Melbourne, August 23, A ballot by the Typpgraphical Society on tho question of ceasing work on September i, in furtherance of a demand for £3 a week, as a minimum wago for compositors and letterpress machinists, lesultcd in a large majority in favour of pressing tho demand The position now is unless tho concession is made before August 31 tho men will cease work on September 4. THREE NATIVES DROWNED IN THE SOLOMONS. Brisbane, August 23. Advices, from tho Solomon Islands 'state that a whaUboat belonging to tho trader I Huson capsized, three natives being drowned. A COMMONWEALTH AGRICULTURAL DEPARTMENT. Melbourne, August 23. The Conference of Ministers of Agnculturo decided that a Federal Bureau of Agnculturo is at present unnecessary. [The proposal to create a Federal Depaitment of Apiiculturo was inised some time ago, and tho Victorian Agricultural Department opposed it. Quito lately the De.ikin-Uook Government has revived tbo pioject] DEATH OF A NEW ZEALANDER Molbourne, August 23. Kiel Loith, a visitor from Now Zealand, died suddenly at«Lubock qf heart disease, accolcrated.by excitement over tho floods THE ERROL'S CASTAWAYS. Sydney, August 23 Tbo evidence takon by the Consul-General for, Norway with regard to the wreck of tho Norwegian barque Errol at Middletou ll<ef will bo forwarded to Norway NEW SOUTH WALES' POPULATION. Sydney, August 23 The increase in tho population of the State for the June quartei w,u> 12,038, including 5250 eiccss of annals o\u dopaitures. This is the largest (jivutei 1 * increase for many, years. '